The Documentary

The Passage to Pusan Documentary follows author Louise Evans as she retraces her grand mother Thelma Healy’s footsteps on her epic Passage to Pusan to South Korea.

It was produced by the Korean Culture Centre Australia with assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia-Korea Foundation.

The Documentary was filmed in Sandgate, Brisbane, Sydney and South Korea by Executive Producer Sinyoung An, Australian Director David (Dongseok) Park and a crew from Arirang World, South Korea’s English-language broadcaster.

It’s world premiere was the highlight of the annual Korean Film Festival in Australia which screened in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne through August and September and in Canberra in November 2017.

The Passage to Pusan Documentary will also be screened in 190 countries via Arirang TV’s global network partners. Dates TBA

Filming in the shadow of Busan’s Yeongdo Bridge which became a famous landmark for refugees searching for lost family members during the Korea War (1950-1953. There’s a beautiful life-size bronze statue of a family beside the bridge which represents the suffering borne by women like Passage to Pusan heroine Thelma Healy and Korean war widow Kim Chang Keun who were left to battle after losing the linchpin of their family in the war.

Filming at Maehwa-San Mountain where Vince Healy, the uncle of Passage to Pusan author Louise Evans, died in battle in March 1951. Louise was grateful to meet South Korean war veteran Choi Chang Sung, 87, (pictured) who fought in the same battle.